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Outside Reading Assigned January 19, 2010Period 1 - Due February 25, 2010Period 3 Due February 23, 2010

Choose a novel (fiction) that is appropriate to your reading level

and has been approved by Mrs. B. Works Cited due January 25, 2010.You will submit the works cited again with your completed project onFebruary 23 or 25, 2010.

Part 1

For the main character write a To Do list. Part of the list (five items)should be things the character could accomplish during the time of thenovel, and the other five items are things the character should do inthe time that comes after the novel is completed.

Example for Walk Two Moons

Sals To Do list:During:1. Arrive in Lewiston before mothers birthday.2. Help Phoebe find the lunatic whom she believes kidnapped hermother.3. Convince Phoebe that her mother couldnt reallyhave beenkidnapped by a lunatic.4. Spend more time at Mary Lous house (and, as a result, see Ben).5. Be careful what I write in my journal no more blackberry kissesentries.After:

6. Write Tom a thank you note for his help with Grams snake bite.7. Thank Gramps for taking me to Lewiston.8. Put fresh tulips on Grams grave every week.9. Spend more time with Mrs. Cadaver.10. Live my life in a way that would make mom proud.

Part 2

For the main character, write five New Years Non-Resolutions.Example for Walk Two Moons

Sals New Years Non-Resolutions

1. I will not forget that my moms death is as painful for my dad asit is for me.2. I will not blame myself for my moms stillborn child or for herdeath, and I will not keep her death a secret.3. I will not drive until I have a license except around the farm andwithin in sight of Gramps.4. I will not forget the meaning of the five messages left onPhoebes porch.


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5. I will not flinch. I will not wait for my dad to hug me, but I willhug him first.

Part 3

List of main characters:

For example:

Sal main character/narrator - 13-14 year old girl who has recently losther mother in tragic accident

Phoebe Sals new friend in Euclid a bit paranoid with over-activeimagination

Norma Phoebes mom nervous, reveals her secret a son she hasas a teenager, feels she lives a tiny life

Chanhassen Sals mom dies in bus accident while traveling to findherself, becomes very sad after the loss of her second child

Ben another new classmate for Sal; they have a mutual crush on oneanother, his mom is also fighting depression, like Sals mom

Part 4

List the ten most important events of the story in chronological order.Example for Walk Two Moons

1. Sals mom leaves her and her father and subsequently dies; Sal

and her father move from Bybanks, Kentucky to Euclid, Ohio.

2. Sal meets Mrs. Cadaver, who is the only survivor of the busaccident which kills her mother, but whom Sal does not trust.

3. Sal meets Phoebe, who will become a close friend, and Ben,whom she will have a crush on.

4. Phoebes mom leaves due to circumstances much like Sals momand in a similar fashion.

5. Phoebe and Sal are determined to prove that she is kidnappedby a lunatic.

6. Phoebes mom returns with a secret: a son she gives up foradoption before she is married (the lunatic).


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7. Sal leaves on a road trip with her Gram and Gramps, whichfollows the route her mother takes when she leaves, and culminates ather mothers grave.

8. Gram dies from a stroke, and Sal realizes that just as Gramps is

not responsible for Grams death, she is not responsible for her momsdeath.

9. Sal and her father return to the farm in Bybanks, but Phoebesnew friends will visit.

10. Sal talks to Mrs. Cadaver about her mothers last days and beginsto think about her future without her mom.

Outside Reading Assigned January 19, 2010Period 1 - Due February 25, 2010Period 3 Due February 23, 2010

Choose a novel (fiction) that is appropriate to your reading leveland has been approved by Mrs. B. Works Cited due January 25, 2010.You will submit the works cited again with your completed project onFebruary 23 or 25, 2010.

Part 1

For the main character write a To Do list. Part of the list (five items)

should be things the character could accomplish during the time of thenovel, and the other five items are things the character should do inthe time that comes after the novel is completed.

Example for Walk Two MoonsSals To Do list:During:1. Arrive in Lewiston before mothers birthday.2. Help Phoebe find the lunatic whom she believes kidnapped hermother.3. Convince Phoebe that her mother couldnt reallyhave been

kidnapped by a lunatic.4. Spend more time at Mary Lous house (and, as a result, see Ben).5. Be careful what I write in my journal no more blackberry kissesentries.After:6. Write Tom a thank you note for his help with Grams snake bite.7. Thank Gramps for taking me to Lewiston.8. Put fresh tulips on Grams grave every week.


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9. Spend more time with Mrs. Cadaver.10. Live my life in a way that would make mom proud.

Part 2

For the main character, write five New Years Non-Resolutions.

Example for Walk Two Moons

Sals New Years Non-Resolutions1. I will not forget that my moms death is as painful for my dad asit is for me.2. I will not blame myself for my moms stillborn child or for herdeath, and I will not keep her death a secret.3. I will not drive until I have a license except around the farm andwithin in sight of Gramps.4. I will not forget the meaning of the five messages left onPhoebes porch.

5. I will not flinch. I will not wait for my dad to hug me, but I willhug him first.

Part 3

List of main characters:For example:

Sal main character/narrator - 13-14 year old girl who has recently losther mother in tragic accident

Phoebe Sals new friend in Euclid a bit paranoid with over-active

imagination

Norma Phoebes mom nervous, reveals her secret a son she hasas a teenager, feels she lives a tiny life

Chanhassen Sals mom dies in bus accident while traveling to findherself, becomes very sad after the loss of her second child

Ben another new classmate for Sal; they have a mutual crush on oneanother, his mom is also fighting depression, like Sals mom

Part 4List the ten most important events of the story in chronological order.Example for Walk Two Moons

1. Sals mom leaves her and her father and subsequently dies; Saland her father move from Bybanks, Kentucky to Euclid, Ohio.


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2. Sal meets Mrs. Cadaver, who is the only survivor of the busaccident which kills her mother, but whom Sal does not trust.

3. Sal meets Phoebe, who will become a close friend, and Ben,whom she will have a crush on.

4. Phoebes mom leaves due to circumstances much like Sals momand in a similar fashion.

5. Phoebe and Sal are determined to prove that she is kidnappedby a lunatic.

6. Phoebes mom returns with a secret: a son she gives up foradoption before she is married (the lunatic).

7. Sal leaves on a road trip with her Gram and Gramps, which

follows the route her mother takes when she leaves, and culminates ather mothers grave.

8. Gram dies from a stroke, and Sal realizes that just as Gramps isnot responsible for Grams death, she is not responsible for her momsdeath.

9. Sal and her father return to the farm in Bybanks, but Phoebesnew friends will visit.

10. Sal talks to Mrs. Cadaver about her mothers last days and begins

to think about her future without her mom.

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